Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:26:57 -0500 From: Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net> To: esoha@attbi.com Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help! should ports make uids? Message-ID: <20020329182657.E77934@databits.net> In-Reply-To: <20020329204337.WHZF1214.rwcrmhc54.attbi.com@rwcrwbc58>; from esoha@attbi.com on Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 08:43:37PM %2B0000 References: <20020329204337.WHZF1214.rwcrmhc54.attbi.com@rwcrwbc58>
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++ 29/03/02 20:43 +0000 - esoha@attbi.com: | I'm working on the port of a background process that runs | as root, currently. It doesn't need to run as root, but | it does need to store and access a configuration file | that contains a password. | | Should the port install a user id and run as that user or | should the port run as root? Or as "nobody"? HELP! It should probably use it's own UID. See the porters handbook for details and look in the tree for sample pkg-install scripts that add users. --pete -- Pete Fritchman [petef@(databits.net|freebsd.org|csh.rit.edu)] finger petef@databits.net for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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